most receiving yards by a running back in college football history

Ricky Proehl has the most career yards on receptions by a running back, with 2,686 yards.

		NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1		Ricky Proehl R. Proehl	2,686	33	170		15.8	81.4	25	267	38	7.0	8.1	4
2		John Simon J. Simon	2,596	46	262		9.9	56.4	10	1,121	213	5.3	24.4	5
3		Charles Clay C. Clay	2,551	51	187		13.6	50.0	28	911	179	5.1	17.9	10
4		Johnny Rodgers J. Rodgers	2,479	34	143		17.3	72.9	26	745	130	5.7	21.9	11
5		Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	2,368	44	214		11.1	53.8	16	4,033	703	5.7	91.7	24
6		Charles Sims C. Sims	2,108	48	203		10.4	43.9	11	3,465	592	5.9	72.2	40
7		Mewelde Moore M. Moore	2,059	44	189		10.9	46.8	15	4,364	910	4.8	99.2	21
8		Taurean Henderson T. Henderson	2,058	51	303		6.8	40.4	19	3,241	587	5.5	63.5	50
9		Emanuel Tolbert E. Tolbert	2,037	22	126		16.2	92.6	17	82	27	3.0	3.7	0
10		Sterling Sharpe S. Sharpe	1,968	22	130		15.1	89.5	15	171	36	4.8	7.8	5
11		Mark Templeton M. Templeton	1,966	45	262		7.5	43.7	11	1,495	288	5.2	33.2	5
12		J.D. Hill	1,886	30	115		16.4	62.9	21	606	76	8.0	20.2	9
13		D.J. Foster	1,874	40	163		11.5	46.9	11	2,075	389	5.3	51.9	17
14		Matt Bellini M. Bellini	1,849	35	153		12.1	52.8	11	443	116	3.8	12.7	7
15		Andy Isabella A. Isabella	1,828	32	129	217	14.2	57.1	17	263	29	9.1	8.2	1
16		Ronnie Harmon R. Harmon	1,809	45	126		14.4	40.2	8	2,219	428	5.2	49.3	22
17		Eli Heidenreich E. Heidenreich	1,794	35	96	156	18.7	51.3	14	1,054	148	7.1	30.1	7
18		Mike Mikolayunas M. Mikolayunas	1,768	29	175		10.1	61.0	14	407	125	3.3	14.0	1
19		Jordan Whittington J. Whittington	1,757	41	141	199	12.5	42.9	5	76	7	10.9	1.9	1
20		Keith Edwards K. Edwards	1,757	33	200		8.8	53.2	3	566	152	3.7	17.2	3
21		Tim Brown T. Brown	1,756	22	84		20.9	79.8	8	398	93	4.3	18.1	3
22		Jamal Morrow J. Morrow	1,744	50	201	237	8.7	34.9	14	1,795	316	5.7	35.9	9
23		Eddie Hinton E. Hinton	1,735	30	114		15.2	57.8	11	629	106	5.9	21.0	7
24		Jason Wolf J. Wolf	1,703	32	175		9.7	53.2	14	88	27	3.3	2.8	4
25		Morris Owens M. Owens	1,636	23	78		21.0	71.1	16	57	15	3.8	2.5	3

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1	Notre Dame	9	2	.818
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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
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